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Dramas Over FlowersKpop Demon Hunters, Head Over Heels, Marry My Husband (Jdrama) (Long Yak)Halo! We are back with a new yak after a break. Anisa and Paroma catch you up on what we have been watching lately; some recommendations and some stay-aways! We also unnecessarily add to the hype around Kpop demon hunters with our own admiring words.Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED:"Keeping you obsessed": Netflix's demons vs. hunters movie captures the mystical allure of KPop [Link]Korean food deast: From kimbap to ramyeon, but hold the kimchi [Link]Jinu's seriously derpy tiger origin story [Link]Paroma's video on the two versions of Marry...2025-07-181h 58Dramas Over FlowersLove Scout, The Potato Lab, My Dearest Nemesis, The First Frost and more (Long Yak)Anisa and Paroma pop in before our next installment of the Year-End Yak to chat about currently airing dramas, including pretty much a full Spoiled Yak about Love Scout, which we ADORED. Paroma convinces Anisa to watch My Dearest Nemesis, Anisa laments the wasted potential of Melo Movie, and more.Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS:00:03:11 Love Scout00:11:59 Love Scout SPOILERS00:46:52 The Potato Lab00:56:36 My Dearest Nemesis01:12:17 Melo Movie01:36:49 The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call01:47:40 The First Frost02:15:37 Fireworks...2025-03-182h 31Dramas Over FlowersThe Trunk, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Brewing Love, When the Phone Rings & More (Long Yak)Anisa and Paroma yak about dramas they finished recently. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS:Tell us about your drama year in our annual survey! Vote in the Goguma Awards (deadline: Jan 18th)And while you vote, listen to this playlist of our favorite OSTs of 2024.TIMESTAMPS:00:02:46 Face Me (final thoughts)00:20:31 Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard (final thoughts)00:27:27 When the Phone Rings (midway thoughts)00:36:10 The Trunk (final thoughts)01:05:57 Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born (midway thoughts)01:13:20 Brewing...2025-01-111h 45Dramas Over FlowersFamily by Choice, Love Next Door, No Gain No Love & more (Long Yak)Anisa and Paroma discuss their final thoughts on recently ended romcoms Love Next Door, No Gain No Love and Serendipity's Embrace, plus some first impressions of the Korean adaptation of Go Ahead and wacky romance DNA Lover.LEAVE A COMMENT HERE.LINKS MENTIONED:Family by Choice Episodes 1-2 ReviewParoma fights Anisa(?) about Love Next DoorTIMESTAMPS:00:10:38 Family by Choice00:21:30 Love Next Door00:35:19 No Gain No Love01:15:35 DNA Lover01:31:58 Serendipity's Embrace01:48:59 Culinary Class WarsLEAVE...2024-10-202h 00
Dramas Over FlowersNo Gain No Love - the first half has restored my faith in humanity (Spoiled Yak)Paroma is joined by Deepanjana in a mission to express their deep feelings about No Gain No Love without spoiling every single scene in the drama. It was a challenge. This episode was recorded after the first 6 out of 12 episodes had aired.You can hunt down today's guest @/dpanjana on Threads and Instagram.Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP:9:45 - Actual discussion starts51:22 - Warning for spoilersLEAVE US A REVIEW:Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible!MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:2024-09-201h 07Dramas Over FlowersThe art of convincing Saya to watch dramas (Long Yak)Saya takes Paroma on an epic journey through her recent watchlist.Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:"Silenced Beauty" video essay on Seolhyun in Running Man.TIMESTAMP:00:00:00 Jinny's Kitchen 00:19:22 Top Management 00:27:25 Good Day To Be a Dog00:34:00 Miraculous Brothers00:39:53 Moving (ending spoilers beware!)00:49:15 Begins =/= Youth00:58:51 MYSTERY DRAMA no okay just kidding - Ripe TownLEAVE US A REVIEW:Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible!MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:2024-08-071h 16Dramas Over FlowersA Long Yak on Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In SandWe are back with a long yak on three dramas we started 2024 with: Doctor Slump, Marry My Husband, and Like Flowers In Sand. This episode was recorded on 11th February. Our feelings on these dramas have stayed the same (with Doctor Slump getting special love for staying so reliably warm till the end). Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's Doctor Slump post.Support Gaza through the Palestine Children's Relief Fund here.TIMESTAMP:00:01:50 - Doctor Slump00:45:57 - Like...2024-03-161h 52
Dramas Over Flowers2023 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 1 (Trends + Our Year in Dramas)The Year-End Yak is here! Or Part 1 anyway, where we talk about what K-dramas did this year, and how we felt about them. Goguma Awards coming in Part 2! Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's excellent 2023 Wrap for Film CompanionParoma's My Demon Halfway Review (Spoilers)K-drama Research Institute's video essay We Need to Talk About Netflix K-dramasSaya and Paroma's new BTS YouTube ChannelJae-Ha Kim's article Rest in Peace, Lee Sun-kyunTIMESTAMP:00:04:17 2023 K-drama trends2024-01-031h 53Dramas Over FlowersA long yak on My Lovely Liar, Behind Your Touch, See You In My 19th Life (Final Thoughts), and more!We bring you another long yak this months where we talk about two new dramas and final thoughts on three completed ones. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:The anime Paroma mentioned: How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (on Netflix)TIMESTAMP:(No spoilers = NS)00:00:40 - My Lovely Liar (NS)00:21:08 - Behind Your Touch (Ep 1 Spoilers)00:42:08 - Maturity of social discussion00:46:06 - See You In My 19th Life (Final Thoughts/NS)01:08:54 - ... 19th Life...2023-08-211h 42Dramas Over FlowersOur Blooming Youth (Spoiled Yak), or: Every Crown Prince needs besties like theseSaya and Paroma pick apart Our Blooming Youth and pore over its bests and not-so-best things. Bests include: Park Hyung-shik and Jeon So-nee. Dissatisfactions include: plot lapses, villains with unconvincing motives.Erratum: Saya's first Park Hyung-shik drama was Nine (2013).Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP:00:01:52 When fandom doesn't feel the way you do 00:07:43 Character development vs. plot00:14:20 Unwinding the villains 00:23:56 Heir vs. King vs. Court00:32:58 A Crown Prince needs his besties. ALL of them. And we need Myung-jin. 2023-08-071h 07Dramas Over FlowersA long yak on King The Land, See You In My 19th Life, and Crash Course In RomanceWe are back with a long yak after a very long while. Settle in as we discuss two new romances and one completed romcom with a side serving of murder!Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's video about kdramas badly solving classism [here]Jun-ho and Yoon-ah's 'Senorita' at MBC's music festival [here]TIMESTAMP:00:00:38 - King The Land (first 6 episode overview)00:34:21 - See You In My 19th Life (first 7 episode overview)00:52:45 - Crash Course In Romance (complete drama...2023-07-161h 51Dramas Over FlowersDoctor Cha and other Ahjumma Gets Her Groove Back dramasIn this Spoiled Yak, Anisa and Paroma review Dr. Cha and talk about why dramas about a middle-aged woman getting a new lease on life are so enjoyable - and mention some other favorites in this genre.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIME STAMPS:00:00:00 Dr. Cha Spoiler Review01:03:40 A wild Kwon Min-woo appears! (Yes, this is an Extraordinary Attorney Woo reference)01:14:40 Other dramas in this genre we loved!01:15:24 Twenty Again01:19:00 Mystery Queen01:22:42 SKY Castle01:24:35 18 Again01:25:54...2023-07-021h 35
Dramas Over FlowersHow Yoo Inna Saves Bora! Deborah, Otherwise a Maddening Mess (A very long spoiled yak)Bora! Deborah was mostly frustrating yet sometimes joyous to watch. So we do a needlessly long deep dive into why it gripped us so hard.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Mattie Kahn's excellent Vox piece on Viktor Frankl [here] (the real source of Bora's "getting pretty" quote)My own short piece on why using such an anecdote without context is harmful [here]TIMESTAMP:00:01:54 - Yoo In-na made us watch it 00:16:00 - Episode 100:26:25 - Yeon Bora 00:33:11...2023-06-162h 42Dramas Over FlowersBTS Yet to Come in Cinemas: Chasing that concert feelingSaya and Paroma went to see BTS's concert film, Yet to Come in Cinemas, which took place in Busan on 23 October 2022 and released in cinemas worldwide in February 2023. We talk about the boys, the music, the fans, and our good and bad experiences at the cinema. Check out the official trailer here. Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:ScreenX trailers: Run BTS version, Dynamite versionOne of our favourite performances: Mic Drop & Run BTS Stage CAM @ BTS “Yet To Come” in BUSAN. Yet To Come...2023-06-011h 10Dramas Over FlowersCrash Landing on You and the unbearable sadness of partitionWe finally talk about why Crash Landing on You is SO GOOD. And we discuss Anisa's master's thesis on media portrayals of love across the borders created by partition - and why CLOY's depiction of that yearning is the best we've ever seen.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS:Anisa's thesis, Visualizing the Fractured Nation: Narratives of (Un)belonging in 21st Century Indian and South Korean MediaInterview with Park Ji-eun’s co-writer Kwak Moon-wan, a North Korean defector, plus answers to more fan questionsRe...2023-05-191h 29Dramas Over FlowersPatreon Bonus: Changing public identities, defending our favs, and Crash Course in Romance!Here's a special sneak preview of something we've been doing on Patreon: The Lone Yak! We take a moment (or a few) to tell you what's on our minds, whether about a drama we've been watching, general K-drama thoughts, or life! This episode contains Saya talking about becoming a new version of yourself in public, Paroma talks about when we defend our faves (and don't) and why, and Anisa reviews the first half of Crash Course in Romance - and talks a little about murder rom-coms.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: ...2023-05-0847 min
Dramas Over FlowersOur Blooming Youth is bringing back memories of Park Hyung-sik in Hwarang (Minimum spoilers!)If you've missed Park Hyung-sik in a sageuk or if you have a fondness for tortured Crown Princes, we have the drama for you. As a pleasant surprise, you also get a capable heroine with her own heroine arc in the story. As Saya puts it, Jeon So-nee might actual be the real protagonist of this show!Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 149: Screenwriting Part 1Episode 150: Screenwriting Part 2NEWSLETTER:Join our email list for the monthly newsletter...2023-04-1049 min
Dramas Over FlowersK-Drama Screenwriting (Part 2): TV Rating Supremacy & the Need for a Truck of DoomIn Part 2 of our discussion on K-drama screenwriting, we talk about Kim Eun-sook, whether great acting can rescue a bad script, why dramaland has so many serial killers, and much more!Listen to Part 1 HERE.We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us speaking about comments, it's from the attendees of the stream. In Part 2, you can hear some of their voices in the final segment of the show as they jump in to give their own takes on drama writing.Leave us your thoughts in a voice...2023-03-271h 15
Dramas Over FlowersK-Drama Screenwriting (Part 1): The Value of Tropes & Why Second Halves PlummetThere is something special about the way K-dramas are written beyond the formulas and tropes. In this episode we talk about the way dialogue, story acts, and unique writing styles collide to make our favourite dramas. We recorded this episode during a livestream discussion in 2022. If you here us speaking about comments, it's from the attendees of the stream. In Part 2, you can hear some of their voices in the final segment of the show as they jump in to give their own takes on drama writing.Leave us your thoughts in a voice note...2023-03-171h 13
Dramas Over FlowersLove to Hate You: A Friendly Battle of the Sexes With Shaky Gender PoliticsUnderstanding deeply that nobody wants a brutal analysis of this candyfloss, I have stuck to talking about two things that I found really interesting:(ONE) how the drama tries to equate the female lead's wariness of men to the male lead's shallow beliefs and hostile reactions to women... and then undermines its own thesis(TWO) how the male leads in romantic k-dramas go through an emotional journey, whereas the female leads go through social onesLeave me your thoughts in a voice note here: MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 144...2023-03-1033 min
Dramas Over Flowers2022 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 3 (Underrated Gems)In Part 3 of our year end yak, friends of the podcast visit to give us a heads up on dramas that have gone unnoticed or underappreciated in 2022. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP:01:48 - Our Blues (Frabby and Yunah)12:12 - Kiss Sixth Sense (Anja)15:27 - Summer Strike (Just Me)
17:53 - Bloody Heart (Mimi)22:00 - Law Cafe (Minal)24:28 - Love All Play (Minal)29:11 - Pachinko (Tina)33:38 - Green Mother’s Club (Abdul)38:25 - All of U...2023-03-0359 min
Dramas Over Flowers2022 in Dramaland: Year-End Yak Part 2 (Our Year In Dramas)In Part 2 of our annual Year-End Yak, we first give out our personal Goguma Awards, and then we chat about our current relationship with k-dramaland. Part 3 (finale!) coming out next week.Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's YouTube ChannelTIMESTAMP:# ANISA’S PERSONAL GOGUMAS
00:01:15 - Lee Min-ki Award For Being Lee Min-ki00:02:31 - Sight For Sore hearts00:05:04 - Real, Real, Real House Envy00:06:55 - Most Unfulfilled Yearning # PAROMA’S PERSONAL GOGUMAS0...2023-02-271h 59
Dramas Over FlowersThe Interest of Love: A Glorious MiseryAnisa, Paroma and guest Frabby chat about the miseries and joys of relationship melodrama The Interest of Love, which gently, brilliantly destroyed us every week—and we loved it all. Expect major spoilers in this one!Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Read Frabby's wonderful reviews of The Interest of Love.MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 137: F4 Thailand and the Boys Over Flowers Extended Universe, where Frabby joined us to talk about the many adaptations of Dramaland's favorite storyNEWSLETTER:Jo...2023-02-1955 min
Dramas Over FlowersShooting Stars: Wholesome Romance With Problematic SubplotsShooting Stars (aka sh**ting stars) starring Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Young-dae was one of the more entertaining dramas of 2022. We liked it a lot, but it also deserved all the thrashing it got online on certain subplots in the story. We talk about all of it in this spoiled yak.Tell us your thoughts on the episode here: LINKS MENTIONED:Paroma's reasons to watch Shooting Stars [Video Link]TIMESTAMP:00:30:31 - the racism problem00:38:48 - the workplace harassment sceneMORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:...2023-01-0353 min
Dramas Over FlowersIf You Wish Upon Me: Ji Chang-wook Healing Us AgainAnisa sits down with Paroma to convince her to watch If You Wish Upon Me, an unexpectedly healing drama with a wonderful ensemble cast and moving depictions of grief, redemption and reconciliation. Ji Chang-wook is finally in the kind of role he deserves, Choi Soo-young brings her unique brand of incandescence, Sung Dong-il is giving FULL DAD, and Anisa can't help but be reminded of SNSD's Genie every time she sees the title. Because, this meta was clearly intentional.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED:Vote in the...2022-12-1231 min
Dramas Over FlowersArsenal Military Academy: Xu Kai's Magnetic Appeal & Bai Lu's Epic BadasseryThis episode started as a spoilery discussion of Arsenal Military Academy (a 2019 chinese drama set in the early 20th century, starring Bai Lu and Xu Kai), but became a longer conversation on the history of imperialism and china's use of underdog stories to ignite national pride. But it's still a dramas over flowers episode, so expect lots of fangirling and explosive laughter.Send us your thoughts on the episode in a voice note here: LINKS:KOBO PLUS is available in Italy | Canada | Australia | New ZealandThe music video that convinced Paroma...2022-11-261h 52
Dramas Over FlowersBTS: The Cost of AuthenticityA beginner friendly discussion of K-pop sensation BTS and how idol groups connect deeply with fans by opening up about their vulnerabilities.Tell us your thoughts in a voice note here: MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 138: The Red Sleeve Episode 137: F4 Thailand and the Boys Over Flowers Extended UniverseNEWSLETTER:Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes!PATRONS:SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail...2022-10-3149 min
Dramas Over FlowersThe Red Sleeve: A King's Favourite Concubine Who Belonged to HerselfThe Red Sleeve is a story of a woman's wish to belong to herself and the man who couldn't let her go. It's also about a king who couldn't trust his grandson and a crown prince who survived against all odds so he could some day be a good ruler to his people.Mimi from The Talking Cupboard joins Paroma in a very spoilery episode where they wonder at the superior storytelling, the strength of conviction of the creators, and the exceptional performance by the entire cast, but most especially by Lee Jun-ho and Lee Se-young.2022-10-091h 08
Dramas Over FlowersF4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers Extended UniverseAt last Dramas Over Flowers talks about Boys Over Flowers! With our amazing guest Frabby, we discuss the latest adaptation of the memorable Hana Yori Dango, and how it stacks up against the Korean version that is a guilty watch for many.Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED:Book Recommended: The Unmatchmakers by Jackie LauThe scene in Meteor Garden - !! Trigger warning for sexual assault !! Find Frabby's recaps of F4 Thailand here. Connect...2022-09-181h 17
Dramas Over FlowersExtraordinary Attorney Woo | The Spoiled Yak (Part 2)The second part of our extra long discussion of extraordinary attorney woo is here! (Find Part 1 here.)Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED:Register for the Writers on Writers livestream here.For REPLAY of the live sign up to our newsletter here.MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 135: Extraordinary Attorney Woo Spoiled Yak (PART 1)Episode 133: Extraordinary Attorney Woo MID SEASON REVIEWTHANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of...2022-09-1045 min
Dramas Over FlowersExtraordinary Attorney Woo | The Spoiled Yak (Part 1)The first part of our spoiler discussion of Extraordinary Attorney Woo (season 1). We also covered our early impressions of the show on episode 133.Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! LINKS MENTIONED:The interview with writer & director of EAW (translated by Anisa)Park Eun-bin answers 10 questions about EAW (video)Redeemed for the wrong sin: Paroma's post on Kwon Min-woo Interesting recent article Saya came across: ‘A lot fell into place’: the adults who discovered they were autistic – after...2022-08-2749 min
Dramas Over FlowersLee Min-ki Before My Liberation Notes (Actor Spotlight)We loved Lee Min-ki in My Liberation Notes and decided to talk about all his dramas and movies that we sought out over the years cause you can never have enough of this guy. Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP:01:19 - Important announcement02:46 - All about Lee Min-ki 2022-08-1447 min
Dramas Over FlowersExtraordinary Attorney Woo is dominating the hearts and minds of the kdrama fandomOur love for Extraordinary Attorney Woo is as deep as our dislike of Kwon Min-woo is high. Anisa and Paroma talk about all that has happened in the first half of this excellent show about a rookie autistic lawyer who learns how the law really works while making new friends, battling workplace discrimination, and entering true adulthood.Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP:00:00 - Non-spoilery discussion16:46 - SPOILER segment startsLINKS WE MENTIONED:Anisa's first...2022-07-2954 min
Dramas Over FlowersA long yak on Miracle, Again My Life (K-dramas) and Reset, Legally Romance (C-dramas)Saya, Anisa and Paroma talk about timey-wimey dramas Reset, Again My Life and Legally Romance, with digressions on binging C-dramas, ideal episode lengths (again), and why K-dramas are still doing romance better.Don't forget to tell us what you're watching and what you think we're missing out on! DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP:00:01:05 - We tease a special future episode on Boys Over Flowers!00:02:38 - Miracle: first impressions and comparisons to K-pop novels00:10:02 - Time loop dramas: Reset (C) vs. One More Time (K)00:15:00 - Again...2022-07-1552 min
Dramas Over FlowersCross Fire is an epic story of bromance across time! (Can Saya convince Paroma to watch this C-drama?)Saya is here for a Wild Yak to convince Paroma to watch 2020 Chinese drama CROSSFIRE, about two young men who meet each other in a game - but are eleven years apart in time. A spoiler-free intro to the show. PS. Saya really, really loved it.We talk about:The Signal conceitThe rise of pro-gamingGaming dramas as an emerging genre in C-dramasThe trials of watching dramas in a totally unfamiliar language with horrible subtitlesSide discussions on: dealing with addictions, C-drama Sweet Combat, actors Luhan and Leo Wu, and...peg legs and parrots.Cameo from Duke 2022-06-2443 min
Dramas Over FlowersA relaxed discussion of My Liberation Notes & Again My LifeWe bring you a shorter long yak on two dramas we're watching and a lot of discussions on actor micro-expressions, the impermanence of cancel culture for powerful actors, and why we some time pause dramas we love.Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! [More information about the disgraced actor, Lee Kyung-young, who is guilty of sex with a minor can be found here and here. For some thing this disgusting, there's surprisingly little coverage on his crime.]TIMESTAMP:07:45 - Liberation...2022-06-1247 min
Dramas Over FlowersWhy Was the Second Lead Syndrome So Bad in Start-Up?It's been almost 2 years, guys. It's definitely time to move on from #KimSeonHo's breakout performance in START-UP. But before we do, here's a look back at why #HanJiPyeong captured our hearts, how much of this effect was intentional on the creators' part, and why his fans walked away bitter after that ending.(Also maybe why #NamJoohyuk also got a bad deal out of it. 😅)Talk to us on Insta or Twitter! Or leave a comment under the video version on YOUTUBE! TIMESTAMP:00:00 - Intro01:20 - Why was Han...2022-05-2731 min
Dramas Over FlowersGoblin: The Great and Lonely God | The Wild YakSaya rewatched Goblin for the dozenth time and pulled Paroma into a discussion of our deep love for a story that also has so many elements we feel conflicted on. Dive in with your SPOILER hats on.Also, don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! Or leave a comment on our blog for this episode! Paroma's Video Essay on Toxic 1000 year old Gumihos: CLICKMORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:Episode 126: The Long Yak Episode 122: Our 2021 Annual AwardsTHANK...2022-03-1649 min
Dramas Over FlowersTLY - Twenty-Five Twenty-One | Forecasting Love and Weather | Rookie CopsWelcome to our first proper Long Yak of 2022! In this one, Anisa and Paroma dig into our widely varying first impressions of Twenty-Five Twenty-One and Forecasting Love and Weather. And Saya makes a good case for why Rookie Cops is a worthier successor of Police University.Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! Or leave a comment on our blog post for this episode.TIMESTAMPS:02:17 Twenty-Five Twenty-One15:27 Forecasting Love and Weather32:52 Rookie CopsMORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE:2022-03-0849 min
Dramas Over FlowersFebruary Premieres: Forecasting Love and Weather | 2521 | Thirty-Nine | Grid | A Business ProposalWelcome back to our monthly What's Up in Dramaland. Let's talk about what dramas we're adding to our watchlist this February?Don't forget to tell us which shows you've decided to pick up! DM on Insta or Twitter! Or leave a comment on our blog for this episode!TIMESTAMP:00:53 - Forecasting Love and Weather11:42 - 252115:37 - Crazy Love18:12 - Grid25:48 - Thirty-Nine32:32 - A Business Proposal37:36 - Juvenile Justice43:18 - Kill Heel44:53 - Military Prosecutor...2022-02-1649 min
Dramas Over Flowers2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 3 (Editors' Picks)Finally, it's part 3 of the longest yak we've ever done! In Part 3 of our 2021 Year End Yak, we bring you Listeners' Choice Awards, each of our personal top three dramas, and some reflections and thanks to round out the year. Note: We recorded this in December, so if you became a Patreon subscriber since then, not to worry, your patron shoutout is coming soon!Timestamps:00:00:45 Listeners' Choice Awards00:07:07 Our Personal Top 3 Dramas01:04:38 A look back at DOF's year01:17:03 Some recommendations! 01:32:34 Thank you guests, patrons, listeners ❤︎ ...2022-01-281h 39
Dramas Over Flowers2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 2 (The Goguma Awards)Welcome, welcome to Part 2 of our year-end celebration gala! With no less than 28 different awards, this not so much a Yak as it is a Mammoth Marathon, as we try to conquer the highs and lows of Dramaland 2021 in the space of two wild hours.If you've listened to Part 1, you may already know that we thought this was going to be in 2 parts (big mistake!), but it ended up being 3 - so happy new year and we'll see you in Part 3!TIMESTAMPS00:01:06 - The Most Hallyutastic Drama00:09:37 - The Biggest...2022-01-102h 05
Dramas Over Flowers2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 1 (Trends)Welcome to Part 1 of our Year End Yak. In this episode, we discuss the stories, trends, controversies, and fall out from dramaland in 2021. And when Saya, Anisa, and Paroma are done, our listeners and guests chime in with their insightful commentary on the year that passed. Have a very happy new year, everyone!TIMESTAMPS:05:00 - Shorter Streaming Dramas10:17 - Getting Netflix to Pay For Data Consumption14:13 - Bullying Scandals16:21 - Snowdrop Controversy21:01 - Work-life Focused Dramas23:54 - Vigilantism On the Rise28:47...2022-01-0451 min
Dramas Over FlowersRun On | The Spoiled YakIt’s the end of the year and as we all reflect on the dramas we loved in 2021, we thought it would be a good time to release this Spoiled Yak on one of our favorites—Run On. Our friend, Seoulbeats editor Rimi, joins Anisa Paroma for a long and detailed squee session about the show. If it sounds familiar, that’s because we actually recorded this in a livestream on Valentines day. In the spirit of Mi-joo’s movie madness, our topic headings for this Spoled Yak are all film references. Listen and relive the feels for this incredib...2021-12-281h 27
Dramas Over FlowersSisyphus: The Myth | The Spoiled YakSaya and Paroma sit down for a good gab about jTBC's 10-year anniversary drama, Sisyphus: The Myth, that aired earlier in the year, starring Park Shin-hye and Jo Seung-woo. We discuss why it wasn't a perfect show, but also the things that were perfectly done despite it. We're optimistic about the future of sci-fi in the K-drama realm, though, and the lush scope of Sisyphus gets us really excited! Come and listen!Note: At times, we (mainly Saya) use the name 'Seung-bok' to refer to Eddy Kim. They are the same person! LINKS:Our...2021-12-221h 17
Dramas Over FlowersDecember Premieres: Our Beloved Summer | Uncle | Bad & Crazy | Snowdrop | The Silent SeaIn our final What's Up in Dreamland of the year—what.—Anisa and Paroma discuss December premieres, with a meaningful tangent about political protest. As we anticipated during recording, The Silent Sea does now have an airdate and will be dropping on Dec 24. There are plenty of ways you can participate in Dramas Over Flowers' year-end festivities. See the links below to join us!Links:Upload your voice note for the Year-End YakVote in our listener poll for the 3rd Annual Goguma AwardsFill out our free 2021 K-drama Track...2021-12-081h 05
Dramas Over FlowersTLY - Jirisan | My Name | Dali and Gamjatang | Happiness | MelancholiaWelcome to the last Long Yak of 2021! Join us for a long conversation as we catch up with each other on all the dramas on our plate.Use the hashtag #DramasOver2021 on twitter and review the dramas you watched in 2021! We'll retweet every one of them. 2021-11-301h 47
Dramas Over FlowersYumi's Cells Season 1 | The Spoiled YakParoma and friend of the podcast, Just Me, discuss the first season of Yumi's Cells - the perfect casting, the amazing music, the beats of the story that surprised us, the weight and beauty of the ending, and what we think will happen next!You can find Just Me on twitter @justepicness.LINKS:Download the Kdrama tracker for 2021 for free: LINKJoin our newsletter for monthly updates and podcast episode roundups!OTHER EPISODES WE THINK YOU’LL LIKE:Episode 91 - Mr. Queen Spoiled YakOur Be...2021-11-2652 min
Dramas Over FlowersThe Kim Seon-ho Saga & November Premieres | Happiness | Dr Brain | Secret Royal Inspector & Joy | School 2021 & moreNovember brings a lot of new dramas to sample. Apple TV+ releases Dr Brain and Netflix brings you another short, hellish series by the director of Train to Busan - Hellbound. We also talk about the conversation around Kim Seon-ho in the last month and our personal belief that it should never have been a public discourse.LINKS:Wish Anisa luck on her job as a podcast producer @anisakhalifa_Listen to Anisa on US national radio representing DOF! TIMESTAMPS:00:05:08 Kim Seon-ho and Internet discourseNOVEMBER DRAMAS2021-11-171h 27
Dramas Over FlowersShort Web Dramas vs Long K-dramas | The Wild YakIn this Wild Yak, Anisa and Paroma talk to Tina, our friend and an aficionado of Korean web dramas, about what makes web dramas unique and appealing, the benefits and drawbacks of the format, and how they’re changing in this new era of streaming. Tina and Paroma also give Anisa some web series recommendations because she's a total noob in this area. Dramas mentioned in this episode: 7 First Kisses, If We Were a Season, A-Teen Seasons 1 and 2, Colour Rush, Nobleman Ryu's Wedding, and Boy Next Door.Other podcast episodes you'll enjoy:Episode 38: Paroma recommends A-T...2021-11-011h 01
Dramas Over FlowersThe King's Affection Episode 1 & 2 | The Wild YakWe review the first week of The King's Affection, our strong reactions to the childhood story of our protagonists, our resentment over deaths that we knew were coming but wish didn't happen, and our anticipation of the grown by characters carrying the story forward! Watch Paroma's video essay on 3 ways The King's Affection subverts gender bender tropes!Other podcast episodes you'll enjoy:Episode 111: Where we talk about the casting and plot before the drama released!Episode 47: Where we cover Rookie Historian Goo Hye-ryung while it was airing. A terrific drama to...2021-10-1928 min
Dramas Over FlowersSquid Game: Episodes 4-6 | The Wild YakSaya and Anisa discuss the devastating developments and twisty turns in Episodes 4-6 of Squid Game, which is slowly killing us even as we can't stop watching. We discuss the show's brilliant takedown of neoliberal capitalism, how it implicates even the viewer, and what it has in common with Vincenzo (links to our Long Yaks about Vincenzo below). It's so metaphorical.Other Episodes We Think You'll Like:Episode 94 - Anisa and Paroma give their first impressions of VincenzoEpisode 99 - Anisa and Paroma's final thoughts on Vincenzo, and its complex ideas about redemption...2021-10-1229 min
Dramas Over FlowersShang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | The Spoiled YakWe bring you another spoiler-filled movie chat with Anisa and Paroma. The last time we did this, we had just watched Black Panther and couldn't stop ourselves from recording an episode. You can find that episode here. (Episode 10) No time stamps on this one since it's a super casual chat, but we focus 70% of the conversation on the perfection of casting Tony Leung as an immortal warrior as well as husband-in-mourning. You've been warned. Sign up to our mailing list for announcements and monthly episode round-ups here! Our Beloved Patrons:Egads...2021-09-2845 min
Dramas Over FlowersActor Seo In-guk in Pipeline, Doom At Your Service, Reply 1997, Squad 38 & MoreHere's another foray into the wilds of Dramaland on the back of our yak - specifically a "shigan yohaeng" (time travel) into Seo In-guk's filmography, from his recent film, Pipeline, all the way back to the impression he made as Yoon Yoon-jae in Reply 1997 (aka Answer Me 1997)...and even further back than that. What was your first Seo In-guk? We'd love to know!LINKSSaya's 2016 end-of-year review of Police Unit 38 (scroll down): (Saya has reread it, and is crying at the mauling, so much mauling.)Saya and Paroma's recaps of Police Unit 38, full...2021-09-1743 min
Dramas Over FlowersSeptember Premieres | Yumi's Cells | Squid Game | Dalli and the Cocky Prince | One the WomanEight new dramas releasing in September! TimeStamps!NEWS00:03:16 - 'Imitation' boy band song gets on real world chart00:05:56 - Lee Jun-young helps police catch a drunk driver00:09:29 - Seungri's sentencing and what happens next00:11:06 - 'Hospital Playlist' actress Ahn Eun-jin (Min-ah) signs up with UAA00:12:18 - Casting speculations!PREMIERES00:15:02 - Lost00:19:32 - High Class00:22:38 - One the Woman00:27:50 - Squid Game00:33:24 - Yumi's Cells00:38:32 - The Veil00:45:47 - Dalli...2021-09-091h 02
Dramas Over FlowersAugust Premieres | Hometown Cha Cha Cha | Lovers of the Red Sky | Police UniversityWelcome to the August What's Up in Dramaland! Here we take you through some industry news, give you our take on them, and then move on to upcoming dramas, which is MY favourite segment cause it's all about wild speculations and mixing up actor names while we try to figure out if we're willing to give these show a chance on our watchlist. TIME STAMPS:02:43:17 Covid updates from S. Korea04:17:16 MBC apologizes for idiotic representation choices09:31:04 Kwon Eun-bin's interview11:19:01 The 'No K-Pop on a Dead Planet' campaign18:52:05...2021-08-2742 min
Dramas Over FlowersMailbag | We Answer Listener Questions!Welcome to the first Q&A with Dramas Over Flowers! We decided to answer some interesting email questions on the podcast in celebration of our 100th episode. We have loved taking this journey together and we appreciate every listener who's joined us on the way. Please keep sending us these wonderful questions, so we can do another mailbag soon!Time stamps (for the full questions, please visit the extended show notes here.)00:02:55 - Dr Chi's first question00:34:00 - Frances' question00:44:00 - Sarah Hope's question01:04:00 - Dr Chi's second question2021-07-181h 40
Dramas Over Flowers99. TLY - Oh Master | Vincenzo | L.U.C.A. | Scripting Your Destiny | Hello MeIn this episode of the Long Yak (which was recorded on the same day as the last long yak and is therefore technically Part 2 of a very, very Long Yak), we discuss some dramas we finally completed, and some we rewatched.
TIME STAMPS:
1:56 - Oh Master
13:35 - Vincenzo
30:12 - Hello Me
37:36 - L.U.C.A.
40:34 - Scripting Your Destiny
42:54 - Use For My talent/Clean With Passion For Now
56:03 - Bring it On, Ghost
01:07:06 - The Riddle
Anisa's review of Hello Me: https://www.dramabeans.com/2021/04/hello-its-me-series-review/
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Dramas Over Flowers97. June Premieres - Penthouse 3 | Hospital Playlist 2 | NeverthelessIn this belated preview of June K-drama premieres, we discuss what we're looking forward to this batch (spoiler alert - Paroma is SLIGHTLY anxious to see our merry band of doctor friends again). We also have some fun digressions on how the colors blue and green aren't always differentiated in Korean, and the Friends Reunion. *A note on the Penthouse scandal is in the intro, since this episode was recorded before that broke.
TIME STAMPS:
5:48 Penthouse 3
9:33 Love (ft. Marriage & Divorce) featuring Friends
16:11 At a Distance, Spring is Green
25:12 Monthly Magazine Home update
25:38 Hospital Playlist 2
30:22 Voice 4
37:43 So Not Worth It
44:14 Nevertheless
48:34...2021-06-151h 03
mahmoud paromaاغنية+مسلسل+القناص+اغنية+مسلسل+القناص+ by mahmoud paroma2021-06-1201 min
Dramas Over Flowers96. Interview With Kfangurl of The Fangirl VerdictThis episode is part of a special series where we interview well known names from the K-drama fandom, so we can get an understanding of the unique struggles and joys of being a fan-creator.
Today's guest is the prolific writer and drama reviewer, 'kfangurl' of The Fangirl Verdict blog.
Find her excellent writing and recommendations here: https://thefangirlverdict.com/
Timestamp:
00:02:16 How kfangurl started watching K-Dramas
00:10:39 How dramas comfort and support us
00:21:20 How kfangurl's life as a blogger began
00:33:36 Choosing a nom de plume
00:52:19 How kfangurl deals with content thieves
01:00:07 The start of full-time blogging
01:13:21 Building the blog with reader input!
01:27:04...2021-06-101h 44
Dramas Over Flowers94. TLY - Vincenzo | Hello, Me | Go Back CoupleIn this Long Yak, Anisa & Paroma discuss why Anisa dropped Sisyphus, our love for Vincenzo despite the show's problematic morality, the poignancy of Hello, Me, and the 2017 gem Go Back Couple. Plus, we compare the Korean remake of A Love So Beautiful to the Chinese version.
TIME STAMPS:
00:01:39 Sisyphus: The Myth
00:15:14 Vincenzo
00:55:33 Hello, Me
01:14:39 Go Back Couple
01:18:21 A Love So Beautiful
You can find Anisa on twitter @anisakhalifa_ and Paroma on twitter & instagram @festerfaster
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Dramas Over Flowers93. The Spoiled Yak - True BeautyThis week we bring you a light hearted review of True Beauty, the breakout webtoon adaptation, high school romance drama that sparked a lot of discussions and a lot of love for rising actor, Hwang In-yeop.
Joining us for our conversation is Rai, an avid consumer of webtoons and Asian dramas, who is also the creator of the YouTube channel, helloxrai.
You can watch her excellent video about the webtoon vs the drama here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2X0JoA1ZO8
You can also catch up with her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloxraiofficial/
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Dramas Over Flowers91. The Spoiled Yak - Mr QueenIn this episode we discuss the utter joy and subtle heartbreak that was Mr. Queen.
Joining us for this discussion is Just Me, a friend of the podcast and very perceptive drama watcher. You can find her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JustEpicness
Read her Drama Addict's Diary on 'More Than Friends': https://dramasoverflowers.net/2020/10/18/drama-addict-diary-more-than-friends-episodes-1-4-overview/
Paroma's video essay on Mr Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tw6EfGyIMo
Anisa's review of Mr. Queen:
https://dramasoverflowers.net/2021/02/17/mr-queen-review/
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Dramas Over Flowers87. Park Hye-soo Bullying Allegations | Kim Eun-sook Ascending | Adversarial Banmal | Upcoming ShowsMarch is turning out to be a grim month in Dramaland - we recorded this episode just as the Park Hye-soo story broke, but you can be sure we'll be following up on the later stories (i.e. Ji-soo) in our future episodes.
It's a lighter month at least for premieres - the highlight of which is Lee Min-ki's return to the screen with an equally oddball co-star, so let's hope that we can mine a bit of joy amid the midden.
TIMESTAMPS:
02:00 You're Beautiful: email from Kristi
04:24 "Adversarial Banmal"
07:45 Park Hye-soo bullying allegations, Dear M postponed
23:13 Star writer Kim...2021-03-0546 min
Dramas Over Flowers86. TLY - LUCA | Mr Queen | She Will Never Know | True BeautyOur first long yak of 2021 lands in February. We cover some recently wrapped dramas and two that we just started.
TIME STAMP:
04:58- LUCA
17:04 - True Beauty
35:59 - She Would Never Know
44:34 - Mr Queen
59:27 - Anisa's Riddles
Paroma's video essay on MR Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tw6EfGyIMo&t=3s
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Dramas Over Flowers83. The Little Yak - Run OnAnisa and Paroma talk about the first 8 episodes of #kdrama Run On and why they're hooked to this story. The drama stars Im Shi-wan (the famous maknae from 'Misaeng') and Shin Se-kyung (Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung) and their chemistry and building romance is making our January a lot better than expected.
35:28 Spoiler Begins
36:37 Spoiler Ends
Anisa and Paroma talk about the first 8 episodes of #kdrama Run On and why they're hooked to this story. The drama stars Im Shi-wan (the famous maknae from 'Misaeng') and Shin Se-kyung (Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung) and their chemistry and building romance is making our...2021-01-1739 min
Dramas Over Flowers82. Year End Yak 2020 & the 2nd Annual Goguma Awards!Dearest listeners. In this last episode we recorded in 2020, we wanted to give an overview of our year-in-dramas that was both personal and encompassed the larger fandom. So, between our silly and serious awards and discussions of personal favourites, you will hear the voices of other drama watchers across the world telling us about their thoughts and experiences of dramas in 2020.
Full show notes listing all the shows we discussed during Gogumas + acrostic poems: https://wp.me/p99pCS-Ru
--TIMESTAMPS--
00:15:01 - Introducing the Goguma Awards!
00:20:41 - Best SFF Concept
00:30:30 - Biggest Waste
00:35:15 - Bad Start, Good Ending
00:36:42 - Stupid at...2021-01-012h 24
Dramas Over Flowers80. TLY - Start-Up | Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol | 18 AgainAnisa and Paroma chat about Start-Up, the first twelve episodes of Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (i.e. before that disastrous, bafflingly bad ending), and 18 Again. We also gush over Avatar: The Last Airbender, which Anisa finally watched—and loved, obviously—only fifteen years late.
TIMESTAMPS:
03:33 Start-Up
10:02 Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
28:19 18 Again
32:58 Avatar: The Last Airbender
Full show notes: https://wp.me/p99pCS-Qe
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Dramas Over Flowers79. Fewer Dramas Next Year | Upcoming: True Beauty, Mr. Queen, Dramaworld 2December Dramas premiere with several fun releases! We're joined on this episode by JustMe, our friend and an amazing writer, who recently guest posted for our site on "More Than Friends", which you can check out right here: https://dramasoverflowers.net/2020/10/18/drama-addict-diary-more-than-friends-episodes-1-4-overview/
Liliana's drama Discord: https://discord.gg/rN39kd2dc5
TIME STAMP:
00:13:51 - Industry News
--UPCOMING DRAMA--
00:32:01 - Lovestruck in the city
00:37:02 - Hush
00:41:51 - Mr Queen
00:52:19 - Run On
00:57:17 - Secret Royal Inspector
01:00:35 - Sweet Home
01:02:11 - A Love So Beautiful
01:09:17 - Dramaworld 2
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Dramas Over Flowers78. TLY - Kairos | The Spies Who Loved Me | Tale of the Nine-TailedIn this first Long Yak about what we watched in November, Paroma and Anisa talk about Kairos, The Spy Who Loved Me, and The Tale of the Nine-Tailed, all of which we're loving. Also a bonus K-variety recommendation from Anisa: Love Naggers 3.
Time Stamps:
01:32 Kairos
09:28 The Spies Who Loved Me
27:59 Tale of the Nine-Tailed
34:16 Love Naggers 3
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Dramas Over Flowers77. The Spoiled Yak - Do You Like Brahms?Paroma and Anja talk about how much they loved Do You Like Brahms? Why they almost dropped it. And why the ending was perfect! (The episode is FULL OF SPOILERS)
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Support us at www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers, or by leaving a review on the podcast app of your choice, OR simply by telling your frie...2020-11-281h 00
Dramas Over Flowers76. TLY - Search | Alice | The School Nurse Files | Light Up the SkyIn this second Long Yak of the month, we discuss the rest of what we watched in October: Korean dramas Search, Alice, and The School Nurse Files. Anisa and Paroma also discuss Blackpink documentary Light Up the Sky.
TIME STAMPS:
02:10 Search
12:24 Alice
22:20 The School Nurse Files
29:31 Light Up the Sky
Full show notes: https://wp.me/p99pCS-NS
Find us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com.
Our Amazing Patrons are:
Egads, Steven Blackmore, Lia W., Hades, Gracefulegg, Divina, Jenmole, Saoirse10, MCG, Humbledaisy, Eunice Choi, Jojo, Rue, k8ekol, mindy, Liliana, Edyth, Marcia, unatuna, and...2020-11-1444 min
Dramas Over Flowers74. TLY - 18 Again | Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol | Record of YouthWe have a long yak about our watch-lists. (Part 2 of this yak with more dramas will be posted in two weeks.)
TIME STAMPS:
07:21 - 18 Again
21:19 - Record of Youth
37:11 - Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Find us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com.
Our Amazing Patrons are:
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Support us at www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers, or by leaving a review on the podcast app of your...2020-10-3148 min
Dramas Over Flowers73. The Little Yak - Tale of the Nine TailedWe enjoyed the first weeks of Tale of the Nine Tailed so much that we did a quick first impressions on instagram live (@dramasoverflowers_)last Sunday. Paroma (@festerfaster) was the host, and our guest was Rimi (@_payodhi on twitter). The audio isn't the greatest, but we thought you may enjoy our glee at this fluffy and ridiculous tale of mythical beings.
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Egads, Steven Blackmore, Lia W., Hades, Gracefulegg, Divina, Jenmole, Saoirse10, MCG, Humbledaisy, Eunice Choi, Jojo, Rue, k8ekol, mindy, Liliana, Edyth...2020-10-2424 min
Dramas Over Flowers71. TLY - Stranger 2 | It's Okay To Not Be Okay | Flower of Evil | Oh My VenusHello good people. We bring you back our favourite offering. Nearly 2 hour of yakking about dramas by Saya, Anisa, and Paroma.
We had gone off schedule for a while as we built up the blog, but we're trying to get back now.
Join us for a belated chat on last season's dramas:
Stranger 2, Flower of Evil, The Good Detective, and It's Okay to Not Be Okay.
Also revisit the 2016 romance, Oh My Venus and a 2012 Pakistani drama that Paroma recommended ages ago and Anisa finally watched.
Find us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com.
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Dramas Over Flowers64. The Spoiled Yak - Hospital PlaylistWe bring you another Spoiled Yak, this time on the feel-good spring hit Hospital Playlist. Paroma and I were joined by my sister, Zaynab, for a spoilery deep dive into this warm, slice-of-life drama that we all loved, if to various degrees.
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Dramas Over Flowers62. TLY - The King | Good Casting | My Unfamiliar Family | Kkondae Intern | The UntamedThis month, we talk about The King a LOT, and check out a whole bunch of new dramas - some of them are great, some not so much, but hey, there's always lots to talk about!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:02:31 - The King: Eternal Monarch
00:29:16 - Once Again
00:34:53 - Unfamiliar Family
00:41:19 - How we feel about recommendations and hype
00:47:36 - Kkondae Intern
00:58:47 - When My Love Blooms
01:04:30 - Good Casting
01:14:48 - The Untamed
01:27:11 Special thanks to our patrons and listeners 2020-06-261h 35
Dramas Over Flowers60. TLY - The King | When the Weather is Fine | Find Yourself | Hospital PlaylistThis month we talk about our first impressions of The King, our final (lukewarm) thoughts on When the Weather is Fine, and the unexpected delight of Find Yourself.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:08:12 The King: The Eternal Monarch
00:38:31 When the Weather is Fine
00:55:43 Find Yourself
01:07:29 365: Repeat the Year
01:09:45 Hospital Playlist
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Dramas Over Flowers52. Year End Yak 2019 (Presenting the 1st Goguma Awards!)Welcome to the first annual Goguma (Sweet Potato)Awards, presented by Dramas Over Flowers. We made up all the categories to give our favourites as many awards as possible, but watch us pretend to be fair by having a whole list of nominations and everything.
TIME STAMP:
00:03:12 - We list our top 3s of 2019
00:16:01 - Honorable mentions
Goguma Awards!
00:26:48 - Best concept
00:31:49 - Best Music
00:34:01 - Best comedy
00:35:08 - Best Romance
00:41:59 - Best character
00:50:14 - Puppy of the year
00:52:31 - Sparkliest chemistry
00:55:09 - Biggest waste of Talent
00:56:45 - Most disappointing second half
00:58:11 - Rubbish All the Way Through
01:02:24 - Villain...2020-01-011h 43
Dramas Over Flowers48. Viki acquiring Dramafever titles | "Melo Suits Me" & stories worth telling | Upcoming dramasWe’re here, we’re here, we’re really here! We look back at what was up in Dramaland in September, and look forward to what’s coming up in October 2019.
Paroma was away scoping out our spiritual home, the Yak Cafe (a real place!), so we invited our good friend and Dramabeans’ writer Helen to join us. She brings along fresh opinions, a fresh accent, and a lot of insight into the vagaries of Dramaland.
List of October dramas here: https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/october-k-drama-premieres/
Follow Helen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/helcat_db
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Dramas Over Flowers38. TLY - Her Private Life | Beautiful World | He is Psychometric | My Fellow CitizensWe’re back with another Yak! We discuss the dramas we’re currently watching and how Paroma’s recommendations cannot be trusted. (Recorded on 28th Feb)
TIME STAMPS:
00:03:35 - Her Private Life
00:33:48 - My Fellow Citizen
00:43:14 - Beautiful World
00:53:35 - He is Psychometric
01:03:59 - I picked up a celebrity
01:08:33 - Rec: Playlist global
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Email: dramasoverflowers@gmail.com
Twitter: @dramasoverflow2019-05-041h 11
Dramas Over Flowers29. Year-End Yak 2018Hey guys. This is our farewell to 2018 episode. We go over all the dramas we've loved and hated with a passion. And some more that fell outside that strict category.
You can tell us about your 2018 watchlist in the comments below, on twitter (@dramasoverflow), and through email (dramasoverflowers@gmail.com).
Take a look at the free bonus episodes uploaded on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dramasoverflowers
Say hello to our adorable patrons!
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TIME STAMPS:
00:03:00 - 2018 retrospective
00:10:10 - Paroma’s Honorable Mentions
00:27:43 - Anisa’s Honorable Mentions
00:29:56 - Saya’s Honorable Mentions
00:38:49 - BEST...2018-12-302h 06
Dramas Over Flowers27. The Long Yak - DramaFever | Where Stars Land | Beauty Inside | The Smile Has Left Your EyesThis month we start off by discussing the sudden shut down of DramaFever, what this means for the international viewership, how and when the licensing wars started in the KDrama world, and how fans access dramas when official channels are unavailable.
We also talk about the Canadian sitcom, Kim's Convenience, which totally counts as a KDrama in our hearts!
(Everything with a * below has a link you should check out underneath the timestamps!)
TIME STAMPS -
NEWS:
00:01:17 - DRAMAFEVER Shut Down
00:34:04 - Our Episode 16* on #MeToo Was Used in a University Classroom!
00:35:28 - We Now Have a Patreon* Page!
CURRENTLY...2018-11-042h 07
Dramas Over Flowers26. Kpop 101Anisa and Paroma get "greenfields" (Rimi) and "Sicarius" to come tell us why Kpop is invading the world, and how things work behind the scenes in the Korean music industry. (Links under the timestamps)
TIME STAMPS:
00:02:43 - Woes of Being a Kpop fan outside US
00:04:13 - Is Kpop a genre?
00:07:01 - Are Drama OSTs Kpop?
00:11:17 - How did you two come to this fandom?
00:16:59 - What is a Bias?
00:18:21 - Why Seventeen has 13 members
00:21:46 - Are Band dynamics scripted?
00:25:04 - Korean language lends itself well to rapping
00:27:39 - why Kpop rap is different from american/indian rap
00:32:07 - Conflict between...2018-10-291h 34
Dramas Over Flowers24. Audio Commentary - Full House (2004) Episode 1 (BONUS)We've been talking a lot about Full House on our podcasts and we wanted to let you in on what got us started. This is the audio commentary we recorded over a month back when Anisa introduced Paroma and Saya to the wonders of Rain's interesting shirt designs and Song Hye-kyo's penchant for pigtails. All of our original reactions are captured here for posterity. XD
This commentary is synchronised to the episode on KBS's YouTube channel (linked below). If you watch with any other version, remember to skip the drama intro, which is about 1 min 13 seconds in.
https://www.youtube...2018-10-021h 11
Dramas Over Flowers23. The Long Yak - Time | Thirty But Seventeen | Your HouseHelper | Full House | My PrincessShorter than usual but still a pretty long yak. We're just covering currently watching dramas on this episode. Keep an eye out for "What's Up in Dramaland" making its debut in a couple of weeks where we discuss drama news and upcoming shows.
TIME STAMP-
CURRENTLY WATCHING:
00:01:40 - TIME
00:09:40 - YOUR HOUSEHELPER
00:17:13 - 30 But 17
ALSO WATCHING:
00:31:44 - FULL HOUSE
00:40:47 - MY PRINCESS
00:48:55 - 30 But 17
01:02:04 - Full House
TWITTER
podcast: @akdramapodcast
Saya: @notnowsaya
Anisa: @laica_k
Paroma: @festerfaster
MUSIC:
About That Oldie (YouTube Audio Library)
High (NCS - JPB)2018-09-061h 08
Dramas Over FlowersOuttake from Ep 19- In defence of spoiling old dramas and booksSometimes we go off topic so hard that it takes a while to veer back to the main conversation. These are the outtakes we put up a few days after the episode goes up.
In this outtake, Paroma unapologetically spoils a few older dramas (and Harry Potter #6), then somehow we end up discussing Dumbledore's sexuality.
Enjoy!2018-07-1003 min
Dramas Over Flowers18. Father is Strange (Drama Deep Dive)Anisa and Paroma go deep into last year's best family drama with LollyPip (long-time recapper of korean dramas at Dramabeans). All three had much to say (and there were many, MANY characters to talk about) so this episode runs to just over 100 minutes. Pace yourselves. And use the Time Stamps below to find the segments where your favourite Byung/Lee family member (or their better half) was discussed!
Follow us on Twitter: @dramasoverflow/ And find LollyPip @LollyPipKD
TIME STAMP:
00:01:36 - Overall thoughts on the drama (Spoiler alert: WE LOVED IT)
00:04:59 - Maknae Ra-young, her robotic but sweet soccer player, and...2018-07-011h 46
Dramas Over FlowersOuttake from Ep 17 - Where we talk about our families and love for Jane Austen (DELETED SEGMENT)We love talking to each other, so we digress a lot. This is one of the many segments Paroma edited out of our last Long Yak. We talk about living with our families, which Jane Austen heroine we identify with (and Anisa hates), and how relevant Austen's fiction still is in modern-day Pakistan.2018-06-2815 min
Dramas Over Flowers14. Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (First Impressions!)We give you our first impressions of the initial 4 episodes of the breakout weekend drama, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, also known as Something in the Rain.
Podcast Hosts ► Saya, Anisa, Paroma
Blog: akdramapodcast.wordpress.com
twitter: @akdramapodcast2018-05-2810 min
Dramas Over Flowers15. The Long Yak - Poem a Day | Suits | Switch | (Japanese) SignalAnisa, Saya, and Paroma talk about recently airing dramas, shows they chose to stop watching, and KDrama's tendency to value emotions over plot development. Also, drama recs!
01:15 - Poem A Day
17:47 - Suits
30:40 - DNF'd dramas: Great Seducer
31:25 - DNF'd dramas: Shall We Kiss First
33:16 - DNF'd dramas: Switch
36:18 - Depiction of marijuana in Suits
39:01 - Is the frequency of sexual assault plots in recent dramas a result of the #MeToo movement?
39:44 - Japanese Drama: Signal
44:54 - Are Korean Dramas overly emotional? Paroma compares The Liar and His Lover with its source material and thinks it comes up short.
47:19...2018-05-091h 04
Dramas Over Flowers12. The Long Yak (Part 2) - Nirvana in Fire | A Love So Beautiful | Love O2OWelcome to Part 2 of this month’s Long Yak. Here we move away from our usual Korean fare and check out some new and old Chinese dramas that have caught Paroma’s attention and imagination. We also cover some Japanese anime and dramas, and then introduce a new segment: questions we want to ask each other! And we end, of course, on Saya’s terrible (but inevitable) monthly dad joke AKA “ajusshi gag”.
Shownotes -https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/podcast-ep-12-the-long-yak-part-2-nirvana-in-fire-a-love-so-beautiful-love-020/2018-04-2040 min
Dramas Over Flowers11. The Long Yak (Part 1) - Misty | The Great Seducer | Queen of Mystery 2 | Shall We Kiss FirstThis month on our Long Yak we cover hot new dramas Misty and The Great Seducer. We also talk about Queen of Mystery 2 and whether it lives up to the promise of the first season. Doctors and some other older dramas come up as we swap recommendations...and then we run out of time. So, you can catch Paroma's foray into Chinese Wuxia dramas in PART 2 - which will be out tomorrow!
Shownotes - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/podcast-ep-11-the-long-yak-part-1/2018-04-201h 01
Dramas Over Flowers6. School 2017 (Drama Deep Dive)Saya, Paroma and Laica discuss School 2017, about a group of students who struggle to make their dreams come true in a system where everything seems set against them, while a mysterious vigilante named X commits acts of rebellion against corrupt school officials. Join us as we go back to school, and experience once again the highs and lows of being eighteen.
Blog - https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/
Twitter - @akdramapodcast
Email - starsinourpocket@gmail.com2018-04-2059 min
Dramas Over FlowersRecap (Ep 5 to 8) - While You Were SleepingWhile You Were Sleeping has finished its second week, and we return to discuss the story so far. Jae-chan and Hong-joo are joined by a third clairvoyant, Woo-tak, who’s happy to delve into the mystery behind their gift and ferret out the truth. Meanwhile, Jae-chan learns an invaluable lesson at work.
Shownotes ► https://goo.gl/tEXEyp
Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Paroma (AKA festerfaster)2018-04-2016 min
Dramas Over Flowers5. While You Were Sleeping (First Impressions)We discuss the first four (half-hour) episodes of While You Were Sleeping, the latest drama from star writer Park Hye-ryun of "I Hear Your Voice", starring Lee Jong-seok and Suzy. She dreams of bad things that are going to happen in the future, and he's an awkward prosecutor who struggles to keep these visions from coming true. Listen to find out if our own dreams of this being our next crack drama have come true!
Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Paroma (AKA festerfaster)
Shownotes ► https://goo.gl/dU3jQ72018-04-2012 min
Dramas Over Flowers4. Live Up To Your Name (First Impressions)Saya and Laica discuss the first four episodes of Live Up to Your Name (also known as Deserving of the Name), the currently airing drama starring Kim Nam-gil and Kim Ah-joong. The drama follows an Eastern Medicine doctor from Joseon times who jumps 400 years into the future to modern Seoul. Find out their initial thoughts on this unique time-slip drama!
Shownotes ► https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/first-impressions-live-up-to-your-name/
Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Laica (AKA Anisa)
Podcast Producer ► Paroma2018-04-1904 min
Dramas Over Flowers3. Manhole (First Impressions)First in our series of First Impressions — Saya and Laica do a short review of the first four episodes of Manhole (Feel So Good). This series of video podcasts will focus on shows we start with some expectations and the rising happiness or plummeting disappointment we experience in the first few weeks, as we realise what the true potential of the drama is.
Shownotes ► https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/first-impressions-manhole/
Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Laica (AKA Anisa)
Podcast Producer ► Paroma (AKA festerfaster)2018-04-1911 min
Dramas Over Flowers1. The Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo and Falling For Flawed HeroinesWelcome to our first K-drama podcast episode. Here we talk about our favourite weightlifting fairy, the absence of toxic masculinity in her love interest, and the many dramas that have given us hope and shredded our hearts with their portrayals of female protagonists.
|Podcast Hosts ► Saya and Festerfaster
|Podcast Editor ► Paroma AKA Festerfaster
|Show Notes ► https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/podcast-episode-1-with-show-notes/2018-04-191h 01